Egg-holder.



s. MRKSITY;

EGG HOLDER.

APPLIOATION TILED NOV. 3, 1910.

Patented July 25, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

SZAVA MRKSITY, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

EGG-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SzAvA MRKsI'rY, a subject of the King of Hungary,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification, reference be ing had therein to theaccompanying drawmg.

This invention relates to egg holders, and the objects of the inventionare to provide means in a manner as will be hereinafter set forth forfirmly holding an egg during the transportation, preventing the egg fromcontacting with other eggs or becoming broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide a yieldable egg holderthat can be easily and quickly placed in engagement with an egg.

A further object of the invention is to provide an egg holder that issimple in construction, durable, and highly efficient for the purposesfor which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference willnow be had to the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the egg holder showing an egg inposition. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same showing the egg in dotted lines.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the egg holder, and Fig. .Lis an end view of the same.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a board or suitable support and arrangedupon the support and held by a rectangular plate 2 is a piece of wire 3,said piece of wire at the ends of the plate 2 being bent to formconvolutions t, the ends of the piece of wire extending upwardly toprovide posts 5.

The plate 2 is retained in engagement with the support 1 by tacks,screws, or other fastening means 6 and the ends of the plate areprovided with barrels 7 and adapted to longitudinally aline with saidbarrels are the barrels 8 of hinged holders, each holder comprising anupright 9 and a conical or funnel-shaped retainer 10 having the apexthereof provided with lugs 11 arranged in parallelism to engage theposts 5. The barrels 8 of the holders are connected to the barrels 7 ofthe plate 2 by pivot pins 12.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 3, 1910.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Serial No. 590,434.

The retainers 10 are adapted to engage the ends of an egg 13, and theresiliency of the posts 5 is sufficient to normally retain the retainersin engagement with the egg, whereby it cannot be displaced duringshipment.

The holder in its entirety is made of light and durable metal, and whilein the drawings there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is to be understood that the structural elements aresusceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

WVhat I claim, is:

1. An egg holding means comprising a rectangular plate, a relativelywide upright hinged to each end of said plate, a conicalshaped holdercarried by the upper end of each of said uprights, said holders opposingeach other and adapted to engage the ends of an egg for suspending it,each of said holders provided at its apex with a pair ofoutwardly-extending lugs, and inwardlyprojecting resilient postsextending between the pairs of lugs for maintaining the holders inengagement with the ends of the egg.

2. An egg holding means comprising a resilient member including alongitudinallyextending body-portion terminating at each end inconvolutions, upwardly-disposed and inwardly-extending adjustable postsprojecting from the convolutions, a plate mounted upon saidbody-portion, a support for the body-portion and plate, means extendingthrough the plate and engaging with the support whereby the plate issecured in position and the body-portion maintained stationary, saidconvolutions engaging the ends of said plate, a pair of relatively wideuprights pivoted to each end of said plate, cone-shaped holders carriedby the upper ends of the upright-s and engaging the ends of an egg forsuspending it, said posts engaging the apices of said holders formaintaining them in position against the ends of the egg.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SZAVA MRKSITY.

Witnesses:

STEVE T. WEBER, JOHN SZENTES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

